Horse-detacher



(NoModeL) V I. A. WESSON.

HORSE DETAGHER.

No. 297.205. Patented Apr. 22,1884.

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ISAAC A. WESSON, OF VVINGO, KENTUCKY.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,205, dated April 22, 1.884. Application filed January 15, 1884. (No model.)

, To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC A. WESSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wingo, in the county of Graves and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Detachers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end of a single tree provided with my improved horse-detacher. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the device in position detaching; and Fig. 3 is asimilar view of the several parts separated.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to that class of horse-detachers in which the traces are hooked uponpivotedhooks at the ends of the singletree; and it consists in the detailed construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the single-tree, upon the outer end of which asocket, B, fits, having two lips, 0, projecting outward from its upper and lower side, and having a bar, D, extending inward from its rear side, which bar is secured to the rear side of the single-tree. The outer ends of the two lips are provided with upwardly and downwardly projecting enlargements E at their outer ends, and a pin, F, passes through the outer ends of the lips. The hook G is pivoted upon this pin, and consistsof a T- head, H, the rear horn or arm of which is longer than the front arm, and a bar, I, fitting and bearing against the rear side of the singletree when the hook is in position, both of which parts project in opposite directions from the central flat portion, J, through which the pivotal pin passes, and which turns upon the same. The inner end of the bar I is slotted transversely, and fits over an eye, K, which projects through the slot, and throughwhich a wire spring-key, L, passes, which secures the bar in position, bearing against the rear side of the single-tree. The inner end of the bar D forms an enlargement, M, at the end of the bar of the hook, which enlargement is grooved longitudinally at N, and provided with an eye, 0, through which the spring-key slides. The spring-keyis formed bya piece of springwire, having one end, P,-doubled and sliding.

in the eye, passing through the slot in the bar of the hook, whereupon the wire is coiled. at Q, and the end, which, together with the doubled end, passes through the eye upon the enlargement, is bent outward at R, to make it bear against the inside of the eye, holding the key in place, and bent at a right angle at its extreme end at S, preventing the key from slipping out of the eye upon the enlargement. A rubber cushion, T, formed by a piece of rubber pipe, or any other elastic material, is secured upon the rear side of the socket-bar D, preventing the hook-bar I from rattling against the sbcketbar, and a strap, cord, or chain, U, is attached to the eye or coil of the spring-key, which is attached at its other end to the'spring-key of the device upon the other device, and another strap, V, isattached to the center of the former strap, being within reach of the driver, who, by pulling the strap, may withdraw the two keys, allowing the hooks to swing forward, releasing the traces from their hooks.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to have the traces hooked upon pivoted hooks at the ends of the single-tree, having means for releasing the pivoted hooks, and I do not 'claim such construction, broadly; but

WVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination ,of the single-tree, the socket having the outwardly-projecting lips having enlargements at their outer ends, and the pivoted hook having means for retaining and releasing it, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. The combination of the single-tree, the socket having outwardly-projecting lips provided with the pivotal pin, and the inwardlyextending socket-bar having the longitudinally-grooved enlargement at its inner end, provided with the eye, the hook having T- head perforated central portion and inwardlyextending hook-bar having a transverse slot In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my 120 own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC A. \VESSON.

\Vitnesses:

D. T. LIGON, G. B. LIGON. 

